1974–75 Boston Bruins season
NHL team season
1974–75 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 2nd Adams |
Conference | TBD |
1974–75 record | 40–26–14 |
Home record | TBD |
Road record | TBD |
Goals for | 345 |
Goals against | 245 |
Team information | |
General manager | Harry Sinden |
Coach | Don Cherry |
Captain | Johnny Bucyk |
Alternate captains | Phil Esposito Bobby Orr |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Average attendance | TBD |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Phil Esposito (61) |
Assists | Bobby Orr (89) |
Points | Bobby Orr (135) |
Penalty minutes | Terry O'Reilly (146) |
Plus/minus | TBD |
Wins | Gilles Gilbert (23) |
Goals against average | Ross Brooks (2.98) |
The 1974–75 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 51st season in the NHL.
Offseason
Regular season
On December 22, 1974, Phil Esposito scored the 500th goal of his career.[1]
Divisional standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 49 | 16 | 15 | 354 | 240 | +114 | 113 |
2 | Boston Bruins | 80 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 345 | 245 | +100 | 94 |
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 280 | 309 | −29 | 78 |
4 | California Golden Seals | 80 | 19 | 48 | 13 | 212 | 316 | −104 | 51 |
Record vs. opponents
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Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | L | October 10, 1974 | 5–9 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 0–1–0 |
2 | T | October 13, 1974 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) | 0–1–1 |
3 | L | October 16, 1974 | 0–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 0–2–1 |
4 | W | October 17, 1974 | 4–1 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 1–2–1 |
5 | W | October 20, 1974 | 5–0 | California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 2–2–1 |
6 | T | October 23, 1974 | 5–5 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 2–2–2 |
7 | T | October 24, 1974 | 4–4 | St. Louis Blues (1974–75) | 2–2–3 |
8 | W | October 27, 1974 | 8–2 | Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 3–2–3 |
9 | T | October 30, 1974 | 3–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 3–2–4 |
10 | L | November 2, 1974 | 2–3 | @ New York Islanders (1974–75) | 3–3–4 |
11 | W | November 3, 1974 | 10–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 4–3–4 |
12 | T | November 5, 1974 | 2–2 | Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 4–3–5 |
13 | W | November 7, 1974 | 10–4 | Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 5–3–5 |
14 | W | November 10, 1974 | 4–3 | Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 6–3–5 |
15 | L | November 12, 1974 | 3–4 | @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) | 6–4–5 |
16 | L | November 14, 1974 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 6–5–5 |
17 | W | November 16, 1974 | 7–5 | Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 7–5–5 |
18 | W | November 17, 1974 | 5–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 8–5–5 |
19 | W | November 21, 1974 | 4–2 | California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 9–5–5 |
20 | W | November 23, 1974 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1974–75) | 10–5–5 |
21 | W | November 24, 1974 | 7–4 | Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 11–5–5 |
22 | W | November 27, 1974 | 3–1 | @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 12–5–5 |
23 | L | November 30, 1974 | 0–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 12–6–5 |
24 | T | December 4, 1974 | 4–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 12–6–6 |
25 | L | December 5, 1974 | 4–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 12–7–6 |
26 | W | December 8, 1974 | 3–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 13–7–6 |
27 | W | December 10, 1974 | 6–2 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 14–7–6 |
28 | W | December 12, 1974 | 8–1 | Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 15–7–6 |
29 | W | December 14, 1974 | 12–1 | Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 16–7–6 |
30 | W | December 15, 1974 | 5–2 | New York Islanders (1974–75) | 17–7–6 |
31 | W | December 17, 1974 | 5–3 | Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 18–7–6 |
32 | W | December 19, 1974 | 11–3 | New York Rangers (1974–75) | 19–7–6 |
33 | L | December 21, 1974 | 4–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) | 19–8–6 |
34 | W | December 22, 1974 | 5–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 20–8–6 |
35 | L | December 27, 1974 | 2–5 | @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 20–9–6 |
36 | L | December 28, 1974 | 4–6 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 20–10–6 |
37 | W | January 2, 1975 | 5–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 21–10–6 |
38 | W | January 4, 1975 | 8–0 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 22–10–6 |
39 | T | January 7, 1975 | 3–3 | @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 22–10–7 |
40 | W | January 9, 1975 | 5–1 | Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 23–10–7 |
41 | W | January 11, 1975 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 24–10–7 |
42 | L | January 15, 1975 | 3–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 24–11–7 |
43 | L | January 16, 1975 | 1–4 | Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 24–12–7 |
44 | T | January 18, 1975 | 4–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 24–12–8 |
45 | W | January 19, 1975 | 6–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) | 25–12–8 |
46 | L | January 23, 1975 | 2–3 | Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 25–13–8 |
47 | T | January 26, 1975 | 2–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 25–13–9 |
48 | T | January 27, 1975 | 3–3 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75) | 25–13–10 |
49 | W | January 30, 1975 | 6–0 | California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 26–13–10 |
50 | L | February 1, 1975 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) | 26–14–10 |
51 | W | February 2, 1975 | 5–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 27–14–10 |
52 | T | February 5, 1975 | 3–3 | @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 27–14–11 |
53 | W | February 6, 1975 | 3–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1974–75) | 28–14–11 |
54 | W | February 8, 1975 | 8–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 29–14–11 |
55 | W | February 9, 1975 | 5–1 | New York Islanders (1974–75) | 30–14–11 |
56 | L | February 12, 1975 | 3–8 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 30–15–11 |
57 | L | February 13, 1975 | 1–3 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 30–16–11 |
58 | L | February 16, 1975 | 3–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75) | 30–17–11 |
59 | W | February 18, 1975 | 3–1 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75) | 31–17–11 |
60 | L | February 21, 1975 | 4–6 | @ California Golden Seals (1974–75) | 31–18–11 |
61 | L | February 22, 1975 | 0–6 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75) | 31–19–11 |
62 | W | February 25, 1975 | 6–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 32–19–11 |
63 | W | February 27, 1975 | 9–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1974–75) | 33–19–11 |
64 | W | March 2, 1975 | 6–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75) | 34–19–11 |
65 | W | March 4, 1975 | 8–0 | @ Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 35–19–11 |
66 | W | March 7, 1975 | 4–2 | @ Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 36–19–11 |
67 | W | March 9, 1975 | 5–2 | Atlanta Flames (1974–75) | 37–19–11 |
68 | W | March 11, 1975 | 6–3 | New York Rangers (1974–75) | 38–19–11 |
69 | L | March 12, 1975 | 3–5 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75) | 38–20–11 |
70 | L | March 15, 1975 | 1–3 | @ New York Islanders (1974–75) | 38–21–11 |
71 | W | March 16, 1975 | 7–2 | St. Louis Blues (1974–75) | 39–21–11 |
72 | L | March 19, 1975 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 39–22–11 |
73 | W | March 22, 1975 | 8–2 | Washington Capitals (1974–75) | 40–22–11 |
74 | L | March 23, 1975 | 5–7 | @ New York Rangers (1974–75) | 40–23–11 |
75 | L | March 26, 1975 | 1–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1974–75) | 40–24–11 |
76 | T | March 29, 1975 | 1–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) | 40–24–12 |
77 | T | March 30, 1975 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1974–75) | 40–24–13 |
78 | L | April 1, 1975 | 1–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 40–25–13 |
79 | L | April 3, 1975 | 2–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75) | 40–26–13 |
80 | T | April 6, 1975 | 4–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75) | 40–26–14 |
Playoffs
April 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | 2–8 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 08:38 – Johnny Bucyk (1) 15:03 – Carol Vadnais (1) 15:12 – Andre Savard (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 10:39 – Phil Esposito (1) 16:01 – Gregg Sheppard (1) 16:50 – Gregg Sheppard (2) | ||||||
Dick Redmond (1) – pp – 04:20 John Marks (1) – 19:59 | Third period | 01:29 – pp – Phil Esposito (2) 11:03 – Phil Esposito (3) | ||||||
Tony Esposito, Michel Dumas | Goalie stats | Gilles Gilbert |
April 10 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | OT | Chicago Blackhawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 03:15 – Ivan Boldirev (1) 14:37 – pp – Stan Mikita (1) | ||||||
Don Marcotte (1) – 04:35 Ken Hodge (1) – pp – 13:32 | Second period | 15:39 – Dale Tallon (1) | ||||||
Bobby Orr (1) – sh – 01:31 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 07:33 – Ivan Boldirev (2) | ||||||
Gilles Gilbert | Goalie stats | Tony Esposito |
April 11 | Chicago Blackhawks | 6–4 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Keith Magnuson (1) – 01:26 Cliff Koroll (1) – pp – 19:13 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
J.P. Bordeleau (1) – 02:27 Cliff Koroll (2) – pp – 15:34 John Marks (2) – 18:24 | Second period | 07:16 – Bobby Schmautz (1) 09:32 – Hank Nowak (1) 18:58 – Gregg Sheppard (3) | ||||||
J.P. Bordeleau (2) – 11:27 | Third period | 15:55 – Phil Esposito (4) | ||||||
Tony Esposito | Goalie stats | Gilles Gilbert |
Chicago won series 2–1 | |
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Bobby Orr | D | 80 | 46 | 89 | 135 | 101 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 4 |
Phil Esposito | C | 79 | 61 | 66 | 127 | 62 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 8 |
John Bucyk | LW | 78 | 29 | 52 | 81 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
Gregg Sheppard | C | 76 | 30 | 48 | 78 | 19 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
Carol Vadnais | D | 79 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 129 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Ken Hodge | RW | 72 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 90 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
Don Marcotte | LW | 80 | 31 | 33 | 64 | 76 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Bobby Schmautz | RW | 56 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 63 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Andre Savard | C | 77 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 45 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Terry O'Reilly | RW | 68 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 146 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Wayne Cashman | LW | 42 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Dave Forbes | LW | 69 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 80 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dallas Smith | D | 79 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 84 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Al Sims | D | 75 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 73 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Nowak | LW | 21 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Darryl Edestrand | D | 68 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Walt McKechnie | C | 53 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Earl Anderson | RW | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Hynes | LW | 19 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Graham | LW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Gilbert | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Langdon | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Broderick | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ross Brooks | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gordie Clark | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Doak | D | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Rathwell | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Craig Sarner | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Gilles Gilbert | 3029 | 53 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 158 | 3.13 | 3 |
Ross Brooks | 967 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 2.98 | 0 |
Ken Broderick | 804 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 2.39 | 1 |
Team: | 4800 | 80 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 238 | 2.97 | 4 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Bobby Orr | D | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bobby Schmautz | RW | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carol Vadnais | D | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Esposito | C | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gregg Sheppard | C | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Hodge | RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Andre Savard | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wayne Cashman | LW | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Bucyk | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Marcotte | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Nowak | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Anderson | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darryl Edestrand | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Doak | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Forbes | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Gilbert | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry O'Reilly | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Gilles Gilbert | 188 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3.83 | 0 |
Team: | 188 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3.83 | 0 |
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Note:
- Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
- Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;
Awards and records
Records
Milestones
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Player | Milestone | Reached |
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Transactions
Trades
Free agents
Player | Former Team |
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Claimed from waivers
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Draft picks
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 18 | Don Larway | Right wing | ![]() | Swift Current Broncos (WCHL) |
2 | 25 | Mark Howe | Left wing | ![]() | Houston Aeros (WHA) |
2 | 36 | Peter Sturgeon | Left wing | ![]() | Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL) |
3 | 54 | Tom Edur | Defense | ![]() | Cleveland Crusaders (WHA) |
4 | 72 | Bill Reed | Defense | ![]() | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL) |
5 | 90 | Jamie Bateman | Left wing | ![]() | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |
6 | 108 | Bill Best | Left wing | ![]() | Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL) |
7 | 126 | Ray Maluta | Defense | ![]() | Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL) |
8 | 143 | Daryl Drader | Defense | ![]() | University of North Dakota (WCHA) |
9 | 160 | Pete Roberts | Center | ![]() | St. Cloud Junior Blues (MWJHL) |
10 | 175 | Peter Waselovich | Goaltender | ![]() | University of North Dakota (WCHA) |
See also
Farm teams
References
- ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 213, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
- ^ "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1974-75 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
- Bruins on Hockey Database